Unit A – Theseus and the Minotaur

This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore the text features and characteristic structures of myths and legends, match words roots with the verb prefixes dis and mis and practise embedding relative clauses into sentences. The class can compose diaries and news reports to illustrate events.

Explore the text features and characteristic structures of myths and legends, match words roots with the verb prefixes dis and mis and practise embedding relative clauses into sentences

Lesson One : Prefix Definitions
Identify and record the meaning of different words with the prefixes dis and mis that can be used when describing the sequence of narrative events in a myth

Lesson Two : Myth Sentences
Select and model how to add a selection of relative clauses to modify nouns that feature in different sentences related to the narrative of a Greek myth

Lesson Three : Sentence Facts
Identify and record how to change a selection of sentences from a Greek myth into facts and information that might feature in a non-fiction text

Lesson Four : Myth Diary
Describe and model how to compose a diary entry to record the sequence of narrative events that occurred in a myth from Ancient Greece

Lesson Five : Myth News
Plan and compile an example news report to describe some of the different narrative events that occurred in a Greek myth about a hero and a monster
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Stone Age
Investigate and record how different aspects of life in prehistoric Britain developed and changed during the Stone Age
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Stonehenge
Investigate and record some of the special reasons as to why people built different monuments during the Stone Age in prehistoric Britain from a range of materials
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Stone Age Farming
Explore and record how and why people in the Stone Age began to harvest crops and started farming animals in their settlements to support their growing communities
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Stone Age Tools
Identify, describe and illustrate how people in the Stone Age in prehistoric Britain produced and used different tools for a range of functions to support their communities